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CHARLES STREI'I, O F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

` LenersPam-flvo. 84,147, dated Novanta 17, 1ste. l

IMPROVED EXTENSION-LOUNGE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

To all whom it ma/y conce/rn:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SrRErr, of Indianv apolis, in the county ofMarion, and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Extension-Lounges; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,making part of this specification.

This invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the frameand extension-device in that class of lounges that are made convertibleinto a bed, combining strength, simplicity, and cheapness, with a neatand compact appearance, whether closed up or extended.

Figure l is a front elevation of the lounge-frame.

' Figure 2 is a tpp'or plan v i'eviof the same as closed up.

Figure 3 is a top view of the same extended.

Figure 4 is a top view of a part ofthe extension-device detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate .corresponding parts in theseveral figures.

The cushions and upholstering lare left off to show more clearly theconstruction and the arrangement of the several parts.

The principal frame of the lounge is Composed of two longitudinal rails,A, head-end pieces, with their-feet yI, foot-end pieces J, and end-railsK.

The bottom of the lounge is made of tongued and grooved flooring-boards,every alternate one of which, being those lettered B, is attached, byits front ends, to the front rail A and the head and foot-end pieces IJ, and, by its rearends, to a longitudinal strip, G, and constitute theprincipal part of the extension-device.

One of the bottom boards, D,'is attached to the front and rearfoot-pieces J, and three at the head, lettered D, are attached to thefront and rear inclined headend pieces,- I, of the principal frame, and,in addition .to adding strength thereto, serve as guides to the eX-tension part above described.

The remaining bottom boards, E, are attached, by theirV rear ends, tothe short longitudinal strip F, and constitute the remaining orsupplementary portion of the extension-device, and slide between theboards B as guides.

The head-end pieces, I, are cut in one' piece, so as to form both theinclined elevated head-rest and the feet, and their form is such as togive greater strength to the head-end of the lounge, and, together withthe arrangement of the extension-device, enables me to make the loungemuch more compact and neat in appearance, when used as a lounge, thanthose heretofore in use, and such as to perfectly subserve the purposeof a bed, when extended, without requiring the use of pillows.

It will be seen, also, that the several pieces I A K, forming theside-rails of the principal frame and the front extension-rail, areeach' out of the same size `and pattern, by which the costofconstruction is much cheapened.

The upholstered cushion of the lounge proper is built upon the slats B,or on springs resting thereon, and is drawn out when the extension partis drawn out, and forms the front part of the bed.

The back part, over the principal frame, 1s covered by a mattress,storage or which and the requisite clothing is provided in the body ofthe lounge, under the bottom slats B D E, by attaching strips, Gr, tothe under side of the end-rails of the principal frame upon which theyrest.

The mattress may, however, be a double one, if desired, made so as tofold upon the lounge when closed up, the top one and the front edge andends of the bottom one being covered with damask orother suitablematerial. v

The appearance of the frame, when first extended, is represented by thewood-tinted slats in fig. 3, the slats E, attached to the short.longitudinal strip F, being drawn out with it.

The object of thisarrangement is to afford access to the mattress andbedding stored beneath.

After taking out the mattress and bedding, thesupplementaryextension-device, consisting of the slats E,

is drawn back, as represented by the red-lined and tinted slats in fig.3, leaving the bottom of both the principal frame and the extensionalternate slats and spaces as in the ordinary slat-bed bottom.

The back-piece H is designed to be upholstered to correspond with-thecushion, but, if desired, this may be dispensed with, and the'back vrailnished like the front, so that its appearance will be the same.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The slats B, attached to the movable front rail A, movable pieces I andJ, and to the strip O, in combination with the slats E, attached to thestrip F, and the slats D, attached to the front and rear rails of theprincipal frame, when constructed and arranged to operate substantiallyas herein described.

Indianapolis, August 29, 1868.

CHARLES STREIT.

Witnesses:

O. F. MAYHEW, WM. H. WEEKS.

